BMES National ChapterUpcoming Events
This is where we'll list all of our upcoming events. Events from previous years are also archived here. Be sure to check out our calendar to stay up-to-date with MIT BE-BMES!
MIT BE-BMES Presents A Panel Discussion: Choosing A Major Panel
Event Details:Wednesday April 6, 2011
7:30pm
Room 4-270
Not sure what major you're pursuing? Want first hand advice from upperclassmen in each department? This meeting will provide a forum for students (especially freshman), who are interested in bioengineering, to ask questions about the differences and similarities among different Courses. This panel will elucidate the prevalence of bioengineering in multiple disciplines and answer any relevant questions. Each department (Courses 2,3,6,7,10,20) will provide a 5 minute presentation, which will highlight the strengths of pursuing bioengineering in their curricula.
*Post questions here that you want answered at the discussion! A Q&A session will follow the presentations.
Featuring :
Course 2: Heather McDonald and Jacky Lau
Course 3: Prarthna Desai
Course 6: Sarina Canelake and Jesse Dunietz
Course 7: Jenna Caldwell and Stephanie Yoon
Course 10: Danielle Wang
Course 20: Hattie Chung
Dinner will be served prior to the event at 7:15 PM, with the panel starting at 7:30 PM.
Questions? Email us at be-bmes-exec@mit.edu
Caffeine Study Break & Elections
Event Details:Tuesday December 8, 2009
9:00pm
Student Center Coffeehouse
We will have a variety of drinks and snacks filled with caffeine to help you study for those finals! It's a great way to learn about what BE-BMES can offer you!
Also, be sure to come vote for the new 2009-2010 BMES executive board.
See here for more details!
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Event Details:Monday December 7, 2009
Tour 3:00pm
400 Technology Square, Cambridge MA
Please RSVP by Monday, November 30 to this email to secure your spot.
Novartis is one of the largest healthcare companies in the world that develops, manufactures, and markets numerous prescription drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, contact lenses, among many other products. Based in Switzerland, Novartis employees 96,700 people across the world and generated a net revenue of over $1 billion last year. In recent news, Novartis has entered an agreement for exclusive rights to a new oral medication for schizophrenic patients. Just two weeks ago (November 9, 2009), Novartis acquired 85% of a Chinese vaccination company to build a leader in this new market segment in China.
Join us on December 7th to visit our very own Cambridge office of one of the largest companies in the world!
Functional Neuroimaging: Opportunities and Challenges
Event Details:Monday December 7, 2009
Dinner 6:30pm
Lecture 7:00pm
66-110
Professor Bin He
University of Minnesota
President of IEEE EMBS
Over the past decade, functional neuroimaging has emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. This has been in particular promoted by the development of functional MRI and the significant advancement in electrophysiological neuroimaging using EEG/MEG. We will review the advancement in electrophysiological neuroimaging integrating EEG with structure MRI. We will also review the investigation of co-localization of hemodynamic and electrophysiological signals associated with motor imagery using BOLD fMRI and electrophysiological neuroimaging. Dr. Bin He is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Director of Center for Neuroengineering and Director of NIH Training Program in Neuroimaging. Dr. He's major research interests include neuroengineering, functional biomedical imaging, and bioelectromagnetism. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals and delivered over 150 plenary, keynote, and invited talks at various international conferences and institutions. He serves as an associate editor of multiple international journals including IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. Dr. He was the recipient of NSF CAREER Award, American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, and is a Fellow of IEEE and American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a Past President of the International Society of Bioelectromagnetism and a Past President of the International Society for Functional Source Imaging. Dr. He is the 2009-2010 President of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
Padma Lakshmi Special Event: "The Pain Within: My struggle with and triumph over Endometriosis"!
Event Details:Friday December 4, 2009
Lecture 4:00pm
32-123
Padma Lakshmi
The model and celebrity host of Top Chef, is visiting MIT in an event co-sponsored by BE-BMES. Her visit marks the launch of the MIT Center for Gynepathology Research.
Ms. Lakshmi is visiting to raise awareness of the toll endometriosis takes on society, including members of the MIT community. Her seminar is free and open to the public. To learn more about Padma Lakshmi's visit and apply to attend a private reception with her following her seminar, visit the Center for Gynepathology Research website.
High throughput microfluidics and ultrafast optics for in vivo compound and genetic discoveries
Check out the flyer!Event Details:
Wednesday November 18, 2009
Dinner 6:30pm
Lecture 7:00pm
66-110
Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik
MIT EECS and Broad Institute
In recent years, the advantages of using small invertebrate animals as model systems for human diseases have become increasingly apparent and have resulted in three Nobel Prizes. However, high-throughput in vivo studies of animal models could not previously be performed at sub-cellular resolution. We present key technologies for complex high-throughput whole-animal genetic and drug discoveries at sub-cellular resolution. Using femtosecond laser microsurgery techniques, we performed in vivo neuronal regeneration screens on tens of thousands of animals and identified compounds and genetic targets that enhance regeneration dramatically following injury.
Prof. Yanik received his BS and MS at MIT Engineering in 2000, and PhD at Stanford Physics in 2006 as a Fellow. He completed short postdoctoral work in Stanford Bioengineering and Neurosurgery. He is currently serving as faculty at MIT’s Department of Engineering. His work on femtosecond optics, microfluidics, neuronal regeneration, coherent photonics is recognized by NIH Director’s Innovator Award, Packard Award in Engineering, Alfred Sloan Award in Neuroscience, NIH Eureka (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) Award, Shillman Career Award, NSF Career Award, Innovator's Challenge Award of Silicon Valley, Technology Review Magazine’s “World’s top 35 innovators under age 35â€, Junior Chamber International’s “Outstanding Young Person", and Technology Research News Magazine’s “Top ten advances of the yearâ€.
5th Annual Merck/BE-BMES Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Date: Monday, November 16, 2008Time: 6pm
Come see the amazing posters your classmates submitted this year!!!
3 winners receive cash prizes of $500, $300, or $100!
Biological Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Society (BE-BMES) GENERAL BODY MEETING!!
Event Details:Tuesday, September 22nd 7-8:30pm in 4-270
DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED
guest speakers: Professor Bathe and Professor Kamm, who will be discussing their research!
A merge of clinical practice and research
Dr. Richard Lee
Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
May 6, 2009
Dinner 7:00pm
Seminar 7:15pm
66-110
Tour the Genzyme Center in Kendall Square
Platinum Winner of the U.S. Green Building Council
Thursday, May 7th @ 3:30pm
*Genzyme is the world's third largest biotechnology company
*One of Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for"
*Awarded the National Medal of Technology, the highest level of honor awarded by the President of the United States to America=92s leading innovators
*Develops products/drugs related to oncology, genetics and diagnostics, transplant and immune diseases, orthopedics, renal disease, lysosomal storage diseases
*Conveniently located in Kendall Square!
RSVP to hchung11 [AT] MIT [DOT] EDU by Sunday, April 26th midnight!
Space is limited.
BE-BMES - Johnson & Johnson Excellence in Biomedical Engineering Research Prize 2009
Submissions due Friday, April 3, 2009.
Awards ceremony in early May 2009.
General Body Meeting -- "Choosing a Major" Panel
March 31, 2009 7:30-9pm in Room 1-190
Interested in BIOENGINEERING
but don't know what major to declare?
Come to dinner and discussion
with a panel of professors and upperclassmen
from Courses 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 20, and 22!
Course 2- Prof. Peter So
Course 3- Prof. Darrell Irvine
Course 6- Prof. Polina Golland and Prof. Jay Han
Course 7- Prof. Graham Walker
Course 10- Prof. Paula Hammond
Course 20- Prof. Linda Griffith
Course 22- Prof. Jackie Yanch
With the rapid growth of opportunities at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and life sciences, freshmen interested in "bioengineering" often have many questions about the differences and similarities among undergraduate programs in Courses 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 20, and 22. Come get the inside scoop and get your questions answered. This event is co-sponsored with the BE Undergrad Student Board and designed for Freshmen with questions about which major to declare by April 17 (or how to plan to sample a couple in the fall and stay on track). Regardless of what major you choose, BE-BMES is a society that keeps MIT students connected to professional opportunities at the Biology/Medicine/Engineering interface.
The MIT BE-BMES Student Chapter
In collaboration with the BE UB Presents
A special pre-med advising event
A discussion of MD career paths with
Dr. Keith Isaacson
Medical Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery Newton Wellesley Hospital
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Monday March 9, 2009
Room 4-237
Dinner 7:15 - ISLAND HOPPER
Presentation begins at 7:30
Dr Isaacson is currently President of the Society for Reproductive Surgeons, and is a co-founder of the MGH-based CIMIT (Center for Integrative Medicine and Innovative Technologies), a consortium of Boston teaching hospitals and engineering schools. CIMIT fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among experts in medicine, science, and engineering, in concert with industry and government, to improve patient care.
Dr Isaacson has collaborated with many MIT engineers (in Courses 2, 6, 10, and 20) to improve surgical methods and patient care, and to investigate basic mechanisms of chronic disease. Dr Isaacson will provide highlights from his current practice and provide perspective on career paths in medicine. Collaborators from Course 6 (Prof. John Guttag) and Course 20 (Prof. Linda Griffith) will join the discussion to provide perspective on how PhDs participate in addressing clinical problems.
Format: Presentation starts at 7:30 with Q & A from students following. Discussion about medical career paths is especially encouraged.
March 31, 2009 7:30-9pm in Room 1-190
Interested in BIOENGINEERING
but don't know what major to declare?
Come to dinner and discussion
with a panel of professors and upperclassmen
from Courses 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 20, and 22!
Course 2- Prof. Peter So
Course 3- Prof. Darrell Irvine
Course 6- Prof. Polina Golland and Prof. Jay Han
Course 7- Prof. Graham Walker
Course 10- Prof. Paula Hammond
Course 20- Prof. Linda Griffith
Course 22- Prof. Jackie Yanch
With the rapid growth of opportunities at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and life sciences, freshmen interested in "bioengineering" often have many questions about the differences and similarities among undergraduate programs in Courses 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 20, and 22. Come get the inside scoop and get your questions answered. This event is co-sponsored with the BE Undergrad Student Board and designed for Freshmen with questions about which major to declare by April 17 (or how to plan to sample a couple in the fall and stay on track). Regardless of what major you choose, BE-BMES is a society that keeps MIT students connected to professional opportunities at the Biology/Medicine/Engineering interface.
The MIT BE-BMES Student Chapter
In collaboration with the BE UB Presents
A special pre-med advising event
A discussion of MD career paths with
Dr. Keith Isaacson
Medical Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgery Newton Wellesley Hospital
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Monday March 9, 2009
Room 4-237
Dinner 7:15 - ISLAND HOPPER
Presentation begins at 7:30
Dr Isaacson is currently President of the Society for Reproductive Surgeons, and is a co-founder of the MGH-based CIMIT (Center for Integrative Medicine and Innovative Technologies), a consortium of Boston teaching hospitals and engineering schools. CIMIT fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among experts in medicine, science, and engineering, in concert with industry and government, to improve patient care.
Dr Isaacson has collaborated with many MIT engineers (in Courses 2, 6, 10, and 20) to improve surgical methods and patient care, and to investigate basic mechanisms of chronic disease. Dr Isaacson will provide highlights from his current practice and provide perspective on career paths in medicine. Collaborators from Course 6 (Prof. John Guttag) and Course 20 (Prof. Linda Griffith) will join the discussion to provide perspective on how PhDs participate in addressing clinical problems.
Format: Presentation starts at 7:30 with Q & A from students following. Discussion about medical career paths is especially encouraged.
